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Manitowoc Company, Inc.MTWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery
Momentum strong 71
Mkt cap
$808M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
90%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.00M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
16.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-4.9 pp
WACC 10.5%
Hurdle
+2 pp
Req g minus delivered
Official | Implied
B+ / BBB-
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
103 days
17 Feb 2027
Close · USD$14.21
1Dn/a
1W+2.8%
1M+14.7%
3M+7.0%
6M-2.7%
YTD+18.5%
1Y+12.8%
ATR %4.0%
Beta1.53
52w lowhigh8.7% off high

What Manitowoc does

Employees: 4,700

Manitowoc at a glance

Size Manitowoc (MTW) is a United States Industrials company (Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery) with a market value of $808M, the 2388th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $14.21 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.7%, against -17.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +16.4%); the operating margin is 3.5% (peer median 5.0%).

Valuation It trades at 16.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.2× (5th cheapest of 12).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is +2 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.9 points below its cost of capital (10.5% WACC).

Credit Manitowoc has 1 bond outstanding ($300M), rated B+ by the agencies and trading like BBB- at a weighted spread of 143 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 5.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 17 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MTW 98Peer median 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Manitowoc against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Manitowoc financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$2.32B$2.24B$2.18B$2.23B$2.03B
Revenue growth—+3%-2%+10%—
Gross profit$434M$405M$374M$420M$367M
EBITDA$142M$126M$130M$172M$150M
Net income$20.2M$7.20M$55.8M$39.2M-$124M
Free cash flow$69.4M-$28.2M$3.50M-$14.4M$15.1M
Capital expenditure$43.0M$50.4M$45.7M$77.4M$61.8M
Total debt$518M$530M$450M$432M$432M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Manitowoc competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%-20%0%301260301048605100ASTE300733601177PLOW600815002526688309ENGCON-BKMEW603012071970688226JWL600495300589ENDURMTW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Manitowoc is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+25%+50%+75%10×20×30×40×301260ASTE300733PLOWENGCON-B071970VBG-B688226JWL300589ENDURMTWRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Manitowoc is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+25%+50%+75%0%50%301048ASTE601177PLOW071970600495ENDURMTWGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Manitowoc is the large dot.

Manitowoc competitors and peer comparison

How Manitowoc compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Manitowoc against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMTWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+14.7%-7.8%highest of 21
6-month return-2.7%-17.6%3rd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-8.7%-32.6%3rd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+8.9%+16.4%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin3.5%5.0%8th lowest of 21
Forward P/E16.2×19.2×5th cheapest of 12
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)11.2%7.5%3rd most demanding of 11
Growth delivered (Del g)+9.2%+6.5%5th highest of 11
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+2.0 pp-0.4 pp5th most demanding of 11
ROIC minus cost of capital-4.9 pp-2.8 pp6th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA8.6×10.5×2nd cheapest of 8
Net debt / EBITDA3.0×1.1×most indebted of 8
Bond spread143 bpn/a—

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Manitowoc MTWUnited States$808M-3%+9%3%16.2×11.2%+9.2%
Greenworks (Jiangsu) 301260.SZChina$804M-35%-1%-8%19.1×n/an/a
Gemac Engineering Machinery 301048.SZChina$801M-8%+7%8%n/a4.1%+4.0%
Power HF 605100.SSChina$816M-35%+17%2%n/an/an/a
Astec Industries ASTEUnited States$822M-33%+19%5%9.8×9.5%+6.6%
Chengdu Xiling Power Science & Technology 300733.SZChina$831M-9%+4%3%29.3×n/an/a
Hangzhou Advance Gearbox 601177.SSChina$786M-19%+1%4%n/a14.5%+4.6%
Douglas Dynamics PLOWUnited States$839M-20%+23%13%11.0×5.6%+6.4%
Xiamen XGMA Machinery 600815.SSChina$756M-36%+21%-21%n/an/an/a
Shandong Mining Machinery 002526.SZChina$754M-15%-6%1%n/an/an/a
Niutech Technology 688309.SSChina$753M-10%+79%26%n/an/an/a
engcon ENGCON-B.STSweden$876M-13%+16%16%29.7×7.0%+11.9%
Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works KMEW.NSIndia$876M+44%+57%40%n/an/an/a
Shanghai Chuangli 603012.SSChina$738M-12%-17%5%n/a8.1%+2.8%
HD-Hyundai Marine Engine 071970.KSSouth Korea$887M-66%+54%26%8.7×-9.8%+10.2%
VBG VBG-B.STSweden$734M-16%+5%10%16.2×2.7%+11.4%
Wetown Electric 688226.SSChina$729M-55%+54%3%29.9×n/an/a
Jupiter Wagons JWL.NSIndia$896M-35%-12%10%32.8×n/an/a
Jinxi Axle 600495.SSChina$728M-6%+19%-1%n/a22.1%+2.6%
Jianglong Shipbuilding 300589.SZChina$699M-25%-9%-12%42.5×n/an/a
Endur ENDUR.OLNorway$696M+7%+88%5%19.2×8.8%+88.7%

Manitowoc bonds and credit

Manitowoc has 1 bond outstanding with $300M face value. The agencies rate it B+; its bonds trade like BBB-. Weighted yield 5.71%, a spread of 143 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Which companies are Manitowoc's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Greenworks (Jiangsu) (301260.SZ), Gemac Engineering Machinery (301048.SZ), Power HF (605100.SS), Astec Industries (ASTE), Chengdu Xiling Power Science & Technology (300733.SZ), Hangzhou Advance Gearbox (601177.SS), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Xiamen XGMA Machinery (600815.SS).
Is Manitowoc expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 16.2× against a peer median of 19.2×, 5th cheapest of 12 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is +2 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Manitowoc stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -2.7% against -17.6% for the median peer; over one year +12.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.